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From: "Ed Anderson" <eanderson@carolina.rr.com>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Fw: RV-List: Geez
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 10:53:45 -0500
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Below is a indiviual's lament for not using aircraft quality wiring and
practices.  He is
building an Rv with intentions of putting a rotary engine in it.  Don't know
exactly what electrical problem he incountered, but it sounds several
thousand $$ expensive.

  I presume that everyone knows that the principal difference with aircraft
wiring is that the copper strands are tin plated to elminate corrosion and
the TEFEL wire cover is more abrasion and fire resistant.  Most older cars
would tend to have electrical difficulties after about 10 years due to the
copper strands starting to oxidized.

So I would recommend not using anything but aircraft quality wiring
especially on flight critical systems.
FWIW
Ed Anderson

Subject: RV-List: Geez


> --> RV-List message posted by:

> I know everyone has been on a drill/deburr/dimple soapbox here lately but
> I've got to mention something more serious in my shop this morning.  If a
> effort to get this thing flying, I used non standard wiring and walmart
> electrical connections.  Upon firing the electrical system up, I cooked
the
> Dynon, the 430 and Garmin 327 in addition to melting some of my seat
> material.  In addition, my smoked canopy is now really, really darker than
> standard.  What a day!!
>
> Man, I wish I would have stuck to standard building practices and I
wouldn't
> have had to deal with all this on.....................April 1, 2004.  Care
> to buy a bridge I have??
>
>